Re:Ask HN: Those of you who deleted FB, have you stopped usi...
by stephenr on Monday April 23, 2018 @04:18AM
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Pretty much - occasionally I use it for translations (but all automatic Thai<>English translations seem to be dubious quality at best).
However I didn't delete FB or stop using Google recently. I deleted my FB account.. Somewhere around 8 or 9 years ago?
I stopped using Google by choice (i.e. clients sometimes send me google docs links) just before it was a built-in Safari option, so maybe 4 or 5 years ago I guess?
Re:Ask HN: Those of you who deleted FB, have you stopped usi...
by caspervonb on Monday April 23, 2018 @05:25AM
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So it's more or less impossible to completely avoid Google products, especially for developers.
Personal life I've cut out what I can.
- I use DuckDuckGo for search.
- I use ProtonMail for email.
- I've hardly ever used my smart phone for anything, remains the same now. It's essentially a test device with no account associated with it. Not having a cell phone is amazing.
However I didn't delete FB or stop using Google recently. I deleted my FB account.. Somewhere around 8 or 9 years ago?
I stopped using Google by choice (i.e. clients sometimes send me google docs links) just before it was a built-in Safari option, so maybe 4 or 5 years ago I guess?
Personal life I've cut out what I can.
- I use DuckDuckGo for search. - I use ProtonMail for email. - I've hardly ever used my smart phone for anything, remains the same now. It's essentially a test device with no account associated with it. Not having a cell phone is amazing.
About Google Drive, I use Dropbox, Box and OneDrive too, but they are on the same boat.
I'm abandoning Evernote as well, as long as they don't have an easy exporting tool